Ruxandra Cantir
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 29 - 35
- Height
- 5' 7" (1m 70cm)
- Weight
- 9st. 8lb. (61kg)
- Hair Colour
- Auburn
- Eye Colour
- Blue
- Build
- Slim
Other
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Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2017 |
Performer, Deviser
Theatre |
Pickled Horatio Alan Richardson / Ruxandra Cantir |
Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh |
2017 |
Performer and Deviser
Theatre |
The Dirty Laundry Campaign Ruxandra Cantir and Sarah Rose Graber |
Edinburgh Fringe Street Events, SOLAS Festival (Perth), SURGE Festival (Glasgow), Physical Fest (Liverpool) |
2017 |
Facilitator
Event |
Betty For Schools EdComs |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2013 | 3 yr. Acting | Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, California |
2010 | B.A. in Theatre Arts | Furman University (South Carolina, USA) |
About me
Ruxandra Cantir is a Moldova-born, US-trained, Scotland-based performer, deviser, and educator. She holds a B.A. from Furman University (South Carolina) in Theatre Arts and an M.F.A. in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre from Dell'Arte International (California). She has also trained at LAMDA in Shakespeare and Physical Theatre.Additional skills:
Basic Acrobatics, Alexander Technique, Yoga, Workshop leading (physical theatre, Play, Clown), multiple language interpreter.
AWARDS and HONOURS
2017: Clown Cabaret Scratch Night Bursary (Awarded one of the first two publicly-funded CCSN bursaries to take one or more of Ruxy’s clown acts to a clown festival in Europe.)
Creative Scotland Public Funding for a double bill of solo shows (Ruxy's "Pickled Republic") entitled "Pickled Horatio"
Creative Scotland Public Funding and SURGE Street Theatre Bursary for "The Dirty Laundry Campaign" - a street theatre political piece that Ruxy co-devised and co-performed.
2016: The Late Show - Invited to be a guest on Scotland's first and only Late Night TV Talk Show broadcasting across the Central Belt of Scotland to over 3 million homes.
2014: National FM Morning Show - Interviewed as an innovative Moldovan Theatre Artist.
2010: Carlo Mazzone-Clementi Memorial Scholarship at Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre - The only full-scholarship awarded annually to a non-U.S. citizen with exceptional potential amounting to over $52.000 over three years.
Additional information:
Ruxy has devised and performed her own work for the last 5 years, both in Europe and the USA, having been publicly supported in Scotland and Germany, and privately supported in the US.
Ruxy is a an adept versatile actress, specialising in eccentric characterisation and physically transformative roles. She often works in Clown, Movement Theatre, Theatre of the Grotesque, and other physical theatre styles, but is also known to have played Shakespeare leads.
REVIEWS:
- "Ruxy Cantir’s monologue for pickled tomato, coupling character contortions with a range of facial expressions that Chaplin would envy" Marc David Jacobs for The Fountain on 16 June, 2017
- "Ruxy Cantir's character Gregor J Everest – very much the bald-pated grotesque of tradition – captured that essence of try-fail-try again that (as Becket also appreciated) sees poignancy and hilarity go hand-in-hand up the rocky mountain slopes of humanity. " Mary Brennan in Herald Scotland on 1 August, 2016
- "Ruxy Cantir's Pickled Republic is clearly within the same bouffon tradition as Eric Davis' [Red Bastard] monstrous creation... Her character is witty, engaging and playful: even when she contorts her body to represent her aged nemesis, she is charming and only slightly terrifying.... More Cantir, please!" The List Theatre Editor Gareth Vile on 10 March, 2016
Skills
Languages Spoken | French, Romanian, Russian, Spanish |
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Accents/Dialects | American - General, Eastern European, English - General, French (Standard International), German, Irish, Italian (Standard International), Mexican, Romanian, Russian, Scottish (Glaswegian), Southern American, US West Coast (California, Portland) |
Dance Styles | Asian dance styles, Contemporary |
Vocal Types | Alto |
Musical Skills | Piano/Keyboards, Ukulele |
Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |